{{Short description|English footballer}} {{Use British English|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Kieran Charnock | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Kieran James Charnock | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1984|8|3}} | birth_place = Preston, Lancashire, England | height = | position = Defender | currentclub = Bamber Bridge | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = {{0|000}}?–2001 | youthclubs1 = Wigan Athletic | years1 = 2001–2003 | clubs1 = Wigan Athletic | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2003 | clubs2 = → Southport (loan) | caps2 = 3 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2003–2007 | clubs3 = Northwich Victoria | caps3 = 107 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2007–2009 | clubs4 = Peterborough United | caps4 = 12 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2008–2009 | clubs5 = → Accrington Stanley (loan) | caps5 = 34 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2009–2011 | clubs6 = Torquay United | caps6 = 28 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2010–2011 | clubs7 = → Morecambe (loan) | caps7 = 21 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 2011–2012 | clubs8 = Morecambe | caps8 = 4 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2011 | clubs9 = → Fleetwood Town (loan) | caps9 = 3 | goals9 = 1 | years10 = 2012–2013 | clubs10 = Fleetwood Town | caps10 = 4 | goals10 = 1 | years11 = 2012 | clubs11 = → Macclesfield Town (loan) | caps11 = 13 | goals11 = 0 | years12 = 2013 | clubs12 = → Stockport County (loan) | caps12 = 5 | goals12 = 0 | years13 = 2013–2014 | clubs13 = Stockport County | caps13 = 20 | goals13 = 1 | years14 = 2014–2015 | clubs14 = Chester | caps14 = 37 | goals14 = 1 | years15 = 2015–2018 | clubs15 = Chorley | caps15 = 67 | goals15 = 1 | years16 = 2018 | clubs16 = → Bamber Bridge (dual registration) | caps16 = | goals16 = | years17 = 2018–2020 | clubs17 = Bamber Bridge | caps17 = 41 | goals17 = 5 | nationalyears1 = 2005–2007 | nationalteam1 = England C | nationalcaps1 = 11 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | club-update = 20:29, 28 December 2023 (UTC) }}
'''Kieran James Charnock''' (born 3 August 1984) is an English footballer who plays as a defender.
==Career== Born in Preston, Lancashire, Charnock began his career at Wigan Athletic, coming through the club's youth system. However, he failed to establish himself in the squad and was sent out on loan to Southport. Charnock was released by Wigan quickly moving on to Football Conference side Northwich Victoria. He became an important part of the team forming a partnership with Mark Roberts and was chosen for the England non-League team.
At the end of the 2006–07 season Charnock requested a transfer away from Northwich Victoria in search of league football and was sold to Peterborough United for an undisclosed fee.<ref name="Charnock makes Peterborough move">{{cite news|title=Charnock makes Peterborough move|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/peterborough_united/6274214.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=5 July 2007|access-date=8 July 2007}}</ref> Following a successful loan in the 2008–09 season with Accrington Stanley, he moved to Torquay United at the start of the subsequent season.
In November 2010, he joined Morecambe on an emergency six-week loan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/morecambe/9229198.stm|title=Torquay United's Kieran Charnock joins Morecambe|date=25 November 2010|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=11 December 2010}}</ref>
On 1 August 2012, Charnock joined Football Conference side Macclesfield Town on loan until January 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10393~2867036,00.html |title=Silkmen sign Charnock |date=31 July 2012 |publisher=MTFC |accessdate=1 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802074329/http://www.mtfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10393~2867036%2C00.html |archivedate= 2 August 2012 }}</ref> It was announced on 7 May 2013, that Fleetwood would not be offering the defender a new contract, and would therefore be released.<ref>[http://www.fleetwoodtownfc.com/2013/05/07/highbury-departures Fleetwood F.C. website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607094746/http://www.fleetwoodtownfc.com/2013/05/07/highbury-departures/ |date=7 June 2013 }}</ref> On 3 June 2013, it was announced that Charnock had signed for Stockport County, with whom he had spent a loan spell with at the end of the 2012/2013 season.<ref>[http://www.stockportcounty.com/news/article/2013-06-03-charnock-signs-852077.aspx Stockport County F.C. website]</ref>
In 2018, Charnock signed for Bamber Bridge after being released by Chorley.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bamber Bridge seal first signings of the summer |url=https://www.lep.co.uk/sport/football/bamber-bridge-seal-first-signings-summer-289745 |website=Lancashire Evening Post |publisher=JPIMedia |accessdate=16 February 2020 |date=21 May 2018}}</ref>
==Personal life== Charnock studied at the University of Salford for a degree in Physiotherapy, graduating in 2015 with first class honours.<ref name="Physio">{{cite news | title = PFA members graduate from the University of Salford | url = http://www.thepfa.com/news/2015/7/14/pfa-members-graduate-from-the-university-of-salford | publisher = Professional Footballer's Association | date = 14 July 2015 | accessdate = 3 September 2015}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 16 December 2017}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |Southport (loan) |2002–03<ref>{{soccerbase season|27229|2002|accessdate=23 December 2017}}</ref> |Conference |3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||3||0 |- |rowspan="5"|Northwich Victoria |2003–04<ref>{{soccerbase season|27229|2003|accessdate=23 December 2017}}</ref> |Conference |27||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||28||0 |- |2004–05<ref>{{soccerbase season|27229|2004|accessdate=23 December 2017}}</ref> |Conference National |38||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||1<ref group=lower-alpha name="FAT">Appearance in the FA Trophy</ref>||0||39||0 |- |2005–06<ref>{{soccerbase season|27229|2005|accessdate=23 December 2017}}</ref> |Conference North | || ||4||0||colspan="2"|—|| || ||4||0 |- |2006–07<ref>{{soccerbase season|27229|2006|accessdate=23 December 2017}}</ref> |Conference National |41||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||3<ref group=lower-alpha name="FAT"/>||0||44||1 |- !colspan="2"|Northwich total !106!!1!!5!!0!!0!!0!!4!!0!!115!!1 |- |rowspan="3"|Peterborough United |2007–08<ref>{{soccerbase season|27229|2007|accessdate=23 December 2017}}</ref> |League Two |10||0||2||0||0||0||2<ref group=lower-alpha name="FLT">Appearances in the Football League Trophy</ref>||0||14||0 |- |2008–09<ref name="KC08">{{soccerbase season|27229|2008|accessdate=23 December 2017}}</ref> |League One |2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0 |- !colspan="2"|Peterborough total !12!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!2!!0!!16!!0 |- |Accrington Stanley (loan) |2008–09<ref name="KC08"/> |League Two |34||0||2||0||0||0||0||0||36||0 |- |rowspan="3"|Torquay United |2009–10<ref name="KC09">{{soccerbase season|27229|2009|accessdate=23 December 2017}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|League Two |24||0||3||0||1||0||2<ref group=lower-alpha name="FLT"/>||0||30||0 |- |2010–11<ref name="KC10">{{soccerbase season|27229|2010|accessdate=23 December 2017}}</ref> |4||0||1||0||0||0||1<ref group=lower-alpha name="FLT"/>||0||6||0 |- !colspan="2"|Torquay total !28!!0!!4!!0!!1!!0!!3!!0!!36!!0 |- |Morecambe (loan) |2010–11<ref name="KC10"/> |League Two |21||1||colspan="2"|—||0||0||colspan="2"|—||21||1 |- |Morecambe |2011–12<ref name="KC11">{{soccerbase season|27229|2011|accessdate=23 December 2017}}</ref> |League Two |4||0||0||0||1||0||1<ref group=lower-alpha name="FLT"/>||0||6||0 |- |rowspan="3"|Fleetwood Town |2011–12<ref name="KC11"/> |Conference Premier |4||1||2||1||colspan="2"|—||0||0||6||2 |- |2012–13<ref name="KC14">{{soccerbase season|27229|2012|accessdate=23 December 2017}}</ref> |League Two |3||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||0||0||3||0 |- !colspan="2"|Fleetwood total !7!!1!!2!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!9!!2 |- |Macclesfield Town (loan) |2012–13<ref name="KC14"/> |Conference Premier |13||0||1||1||colspan="2"|—||1<ref group=lower-alpha name="FAT"/>||0||15||1 |- |Stockport County (loan) |2012–13<ref name="KC14"/> |Conference Premier |5||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||5||0 |- |Stockport County |2013–14<ref name="KCSW">{{soccerway|kieran-charnock/51091|accessdate=23 December 2017}}</ref> |Conference North |20||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||20||1 |- |Chester |2014–15<ref name="KC14"/> |Conference Premier |37||1||4||0||colspan="2"|—||2<ref group=lower-alpha name="FAT"/>||0||43||1 |- |rowspan="4"|Chorley |2015–16<ref name="KCSW"/> |rowspan="3"|National League North |31||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||31||1 |- |2016–17<ref name="KCSW"/> |31||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||32||0 |- |2017–18<ref name="KCSW"/> |5||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||5||0 |- !colspan="2"|Chorley total !67!!1!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!68!!1 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !357!!6!!21!!2!!2!!0!!13!!0!!393!!8 |}
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